Al Hazem vs VS Al-Nassr

The RO32 match between the top Saudi Arabian teams will serve as the opening match of the King's Cup, which is about to go into its newest iteration. The runners-up from the previous edition, Al-Nassr, will open their campaign away from home against Al-Hazem, a team in the second division. This time, they intend to make it all the way.

The Knight of Najd enters this match fresh off a resounding 3-0 victory over Al Ettifaq. In contrast, Al Hazem is yet to lose this league season. Before entering this match, the second-tier team in the Saudi First Division League had three straight victories to start the season. Despite being the clear underdogs in this match, they will aim to surprise Al Nassr.

This season, the Guinea-Bissau international has been Al Hazem's main man thus far. With three goals to his name, he is both their top scorer and the third-highest goalscorer in the Division 1 league. The forward has a track record of scoring goals and has impressive stats to back up his claims. When facing Al Nassr's great defenders, Gano will need to play at the top of his game.

The legendary Portuguese player hasn't taken home a title since making the unexpected transfer to Saudi Arabia. Even though Cristiano Ronaldo has been giving excellent performances for Al-Nassr, he has yet to win any awards. He is still able to score goals for enjoyment at the age of 39, so there is no stopping him. Ronaldo is tied for the most goals scored by Al Nassr this season with three.

This Kings Cup season, Al Hazem has made two appearances. Al Hazem has won one game at home for the team, which has one win, one defeat, and zero draws. The squad moved up the ranks thanks to these WDL stats. There is a +2 difference in the average number of goals scored and allowed, which are 3 and 1, respectively. When Al Hazem plays at home, teams score 22.5 goals on average. There were one, or 100%, of the games in which Al Hazem's opponents scored in their home stadium. At their home stadium, Al Hazem needs an average of 22.5 minutes to score a goal.

Al Nassr participated in five games of the Kings Cup competition this year. The team has won twice when playing away from home, and overall has won four, lost zero, and drawn one. With 11 goals scored and 4 goals given up, the squad has a +7 goal differential. Al Nassr is presently shown in the table in that place. In Al Nassr away games, both teams often score 20 goals. There were three games (100%) in which both sides scored when Al Nassr was playing away. For Al Nassr players to score away, a game should last roughly twenty minutes.